Sheaf-carrier for binders



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(No Mod eL) S. D. LEE.

SHEAF CARRIER FOR BINDERS.

Patented July 12-, 1887.

N. PETERS, Phowuxho n her, Wnahinglon, D. Q

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' S. D. LEE.

SHEAP CARRIER FOR BINDERS.

No. 366,327. Patented, July 12, 1887.

N. PETERS, PhowLflhngnpher, Washin ton. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL D. LEE, OFMEGHANICSVILLE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. O. BATDORF, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

SHEAF-CARRIERFOR BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,327, dated July 12. 1887- Applieation filed July 2, 1886. Serial No. 206,968.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mechanicsville, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in sheaf-Carriers for Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion relates to sheaf-carriers for hinders, the object of the invention being to provide a carrier which shall be simple in its construction and effective in its operation.

The invention consists in the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a journal bar or shaft having a series of fingers secured thereto at their outer ends, a roller carried by a bent shaft and adapted to engage the under faces of the fingers, and means for operating the roller to elevate the fingers.

The invention still further consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a detail view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the side sill or beam of the bar vester.

B represents a supporting-frame, which consists of side beams, a, connected at their outer ends by a cross-beam, I), and about midway their ends by beams c c, mortised in their upper and under faces. At the inner ends of the beams cg are secured to the upper and under faces thereof metallic plates d, which ex tend beyond said beams, and are provided in such extended ends with holes or openings 0.

0 represents brackets, which are bolted or otherwise firmly secured to the sill or beam A, said brackets having inturned ends which are bent upwardly, as shown, and are adapted to fit in the openings of the plates cl, thereby (No model.)

firmly securing the supporting-frame to the sill, and yet allowing it to be readily removed therefrom, if necessary.

D represents a bar or shaft which'is jonrnaled to the outer ends of the beams a, and is provided with a crank-arm, E, as shown.

Secured to the upper face of the bar D, at suitableintervals, are metallic fingers F,which are curved downwardly between their ends. and at the free ends of said fingers is provided a connecting'bar, G, which rests upon the crossbeam 0, thereby supporting the fingers in an approximately horizontal plane and limiting their downward movement.

- H represents a bent shaft journaled to the beams a, and having one of its ends provided with a crankarm, I, which is located outside of the supporting-frame. Upon this shaft is provided what I term a roller, though it is not essential that it should rotate upon the shaft H, said roller being adapted to bear against the fingers when the crank-arm I is operated to'raise said fingers to drop the bundle or bundles.

It will be observed that, if desired, the roller on the shaft H might be omitted and the said shaft bear directly against the fingers when operated.

J represents a rod which connects the crankarm I with a bell-crank lever pivotally mounted at any suitable point, preferably near the drivers seat, (not shown,) and secured to the other arm of the bell-crank lever is an op.- erating hand-lever, K, which, when operated, serves to raise the fingers through the operating mechanism described.

It will be seen that when the fingers F are raised to discharge the load by means of the roller H and the mechanism connected with the latter the upward movement of said fingers will be limited by the crank-arm E striking the pin ,E, projecting from the supportingframe.

Modifications in the details of construction may from time to time suggest themselves; hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction shown and described, but reserve to myself the right to make all such slight changes and alterations in the details of construction as may properly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with a supportingframe, of a journale'd bar, a series of fingers secured thereto at their outer ends, a bent shaft, and a roller thereon, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a supportingframe, of a journaled bar at the outer end thereof, a series of fingers secured thereto at their outer ends, a bent shaft acting directly against the free inner ends of the fingers and formed with a crank-arm, and connecting-rods and levers for operating said bent shaft, as set forth.

3. In a sheaf carrier, the combination of a supporting-frame, a bar journaled at the outer end thereof, a series of fingers secured to said bar at their outer ends and projecting inwardly therefrom, a bar connecting the inner ends of the series of fingers, a transverse beam, 0, forming a rest for the inner bar, a bent shaft mounted in the supporting-frame under the fingers and formed with a crank-arm at lts end, and a roller mounted on the bent shaft and bearing against the inner portions of the fingers, substantiallyas set forth.

4. In a sheaf-carrier, the combination, with a series of fingers mounted at their outer ends upon a journaled bar and a support for the inner end of the series of fingers, of abent shaft operating against the series of fingers between the supported inner end and journaled outer end, whereby the outer bar is partially rotated and the fingers elevated from the support at their inner ends, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL D. LEE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES E. BATDORF, CHAS. MOABTHUR. 

